Founding Artistic Director Of Richmond Ballet Retires After 44 Years
"'It's the right time when you find the right person,' Stoner Winslett said. 'It's about what's best for the Richmond Ballet and the community.'...
Melbourne Gets A New Performing Arts Center
The venue will house a proscenium theatre with a capacity of 600, as well as a 200-seat studio theatre, two rehearsal studios and function...
In Which AI Helps Farhad Manjoo Finally Learn How To Draw
"A lot of drawing teachers say that everyone can learn to draw. A lot of drawing teachers haven't met me, I thought. … Then,...
Why AI Isn’t So Great At Designing Cities (Yet)
“The good modern city doesn’t exist in any dataset that will be sampled by AI. What AI will sample is Chinese cities and cities...
Hate The Way Your Voice Sounds On A Recording? This Is Why.
"Hearing our own voice on a recording is a bit of a shock. 'Do I really sound like that?' (Yes, you do.) … So...
Institutional Critique: Jeremy Harris And The Reevaluation Of Theatre
As the initial shock of the pandemic gave way to a reëvaluation of racial and other societal arrangements, Jeremy Harris became a kind of...
After 62 Years, Ossie Davis’s Satire Of Racism In The Deep South, “Purlie Victorious”,...
"Dad grew up in deepest Georgia, and had cause to be irate about the conditions there," (his daughter) recalled. "He tried to write a...
His Work Was Seen By Millions, But He Was Invisible To The Artworld
He was among the most visible artists of the ’70s, with millions seeing his paintings on television each week; yet his work was excluded...
So, What Exactly Are The “Liberal Arts” Anyway?
"A higher education expert once said that putting the words 'liberal' and 'arts' together was a 'branding disaster' – one so toxic that it...
Kyiv And Lviv Sites Added To UNESCO’s World Heritage In Danger List
"The iconic St. Sophia Cathedral in the capital, Kyiv, and the medieval center of the western city of Lviv, are UNESCO World Heritage Sites...
The Private Equity Firm That Bought Simon & Schuster Is Giving Employees An Ownership...
Pete Stavros of KKR: "If you're managing teachers' pension money and you want to just raise everyone's salary, that's on the backs of teachers,...
Potential Orchestra Audiences Want Some Changes To The Concert Format: Survey
"Shorter concerts (27%), more matinee performances (24%), conductors speaking to the audience (20%) and being encouraged to keep phones on during a performance (11%)...
“Shadow Library” Or Piracy Site? Four Publishers Sue LibGen
"Cengage, Macmillan Learning, McGraw Hill and Pearson Education filed the suit against Library Genesis, also known as LibGen, in Manhattan federal court, citing 'extensive...
After A Monthlong Standoff, The Writers Guild And Studios Will Start Talking Again
"'The WGA and AMPTP now have a confirmed schedule to bargain this week, starting on Wednesday,' the union said in the message. 'You might...
The Consequences Of The Russell Brand Sexual Assault Allegations Have Started To Hit
Not only have promoters postponed the remainder of his current standup tour, his agent and publisher have dropped him. Perhaps even more damaging, YouTube...
Amazon Will Limit Number Of Books Authors Can Upload To Combat AI Submissions
KDP said that, while it has not yet “seen a spike in our publishing numbers,” it is lowering the number of new titles users...
Take The Money And Run: Museum Sues Artist For Submitting Empty Frames After Being...
The museum provided about 532,000 krone (£61,500) from its reserves to recreate artworks as well as an artist’s fee of about 40,000 krone. But...
Alabama High School Band Leader Tased And Arrested When He Refused To Stop His...
The altercation happened after a Thursday football game as police were trying to clear the stadium. - AL.com
Musicians Sold Their Song Catalogs To Investment Funds For Big Money. Those Investments Haven’t...
Hipgnosis admitted that they sold these songs at 17.5% below their estimated “fair market value.” This added to the already widespread suspicion that current claims of...
Eric Deggans: Streaming Broke TV And Streaming Is Now Broken. Now An Opportunity
The future of the medium – and America – lies in widening our ideas of whose stories are important and making those stories accessible,...
Red States Are Attacking America’s Oldest Library Association
The American Library Association is facing a partisan firefight unlike anything in its almost 150-year history. - Washington Post
Amazon And Goodreads Are Just Flat-Out Letting AI Tank Authors’ Reputations
Jane Friedman, who writes a newsletter about the publishing industry and was a victim of AI-generated content: "There’s not a lot of critical thinking...
How I Lost My Desire To Read
I blithely assumed reading would be mine to reclaim when the right moment arrived. But when I finally looked toward my bookshelves, I found...
In These Times: Three Books Chronicle The Dance Life In New York
“Manhattan’s filled with struggling dancers/instructors running a marathon merry-go-round of rehearsals, gyms, private homes. Our Unlimited Metrocards are swiped up to twenty times a...
Miro’s Yellows Have Lost Their Brilliance
Even his works from the '70s have faded - and it's because of the atomic structure of his yellow paint. - The New York...
